I would be interested in using NORMA to create a conceptual model, from which the entity model would be generated. I would probably use the NORMA-generated DDL to create the database, since I believe it will do a better and more accurate job of creating indexes and such physical-level artifacts.

Re: Support for Visual Studio 2010

I believe he means it's a model made according to the features of the Microsoft "Entity Framework". This extends traditional ER modeling by allowing compound types, which get absorbed into the table entities where they appear, so you can for example define an Address and use it in multiple places as you can in ORM (but not in traditional ER). However, EF is still attribute-oriented, so doesn't have the most important advantages of fact-orientation.